How to Improve your 40 Yard Dash Time Stance, Start, and Sprinting Techniques

[@kaariem]

The amount of superb elite sprinters on this page is overwhelming.

[@Semposefitness]

Holding your breath stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. The SNS is responsible for speeding up the heart rate and contraction of blood vessels. --- This is one of the best 40 yard dash I have seen on KZbin

[@alejandroalvarez29]

This technique helped me out a lot I watched last night and my football team ran the 40 and I went from a 4.95 to 4.7

[@SL3APYH3AD11]

I'm in 5th grade, 6'7", 92lbs, benched 525lbs 43 times. 40yd dash is 1.2

[@7honeybadger28]

Your. Damn liar

[@tabithaburke3045]

+7honeybadger28 is right their is 100% no fucking way you have to be kidding

[@SL3APYH3AD11]

im serious wtf

[@TheClutchPlayzor]

5th grader, probably true, 6'7 false, 92lbs false, bench 525 false, 40 is 1.2 false #1. You cant run about 10 yards per second #2. It's almost impossible to bench more than your weight #3. 6'7 and 92 lbs, your extremely underweight and in serious risk #4. Your in 5th grade, about 9 or 10 years of age? And your the size of an NFL Pro Linebacker, who benches world record weight, and if that's true, running a 40 with all of that muscle strength is gonna give you about a 5.4 or slower.

[@TheClutchPlayzor]

Whats your height and age Aegis?

[@KillAnythingMvin]

Well since everybody else talking dumb shit, I ran a 4.3 getting away from the cops last week

[@insertnickname5842]

best training you can get

[@MrUncleaustin]

thanks man this video halped out so much, i run track for my highschool and this shaved about 9 tenths of a second of my 40 time and set a new record for my schools track records

[@zpatchmade-_-3841]

Thank you for this! Running a 40 tomorrow trying to win against my buds. Great tips!

[@Cottier95]

Your combination of sprinting and jogging is great for acceleration. I'm not quite sure why that wouldn't be working. But if you've heard of a workout called buildups, I do them all of the time in Track. They have increased my endurance exceptionally as well as my acceleration. Acceleration will increase when you do explosive drills right after workouts while your body is tired and built up with lactic acid, that is the best time to do that. If you don't know what a buildup is, I can tell you.

[@trainingwitheps]

Thanks for the support! 8 m/s = 26.25 ft/s which is roughly 18 mph. So every tenth (0.10) of a second you are covering 2.625 ft and 2.625ft = 0.875 yard. My hands held apart inside my shoulders is approximately 0.750 yards (not 20cm or 6 inches). Your conclusion was that 80cm was worth a tenth. Well 80cm is 0.874891 yards. The error of my estimation was 14.0%. The video was not intended to calculate a 0.10 sec mathematically, just to help people get faster times!

[@MrkNfr37]

I love how people are saying this ridiculous times and saying they are freshmen stop saying some BS the whole point is to know you need to get better

[@trainingwitheps]

@MrUncleaustin Awesome, glad to hear the feedback!!

[@Foothilldan1]

This is really good. I thought it was going to be garbage, but surprisingly.good. Probably most informative forty film on youtube

[@babayara]

it works!! this tips increase my speed (with hard work too) I was running a 6.64 4 weeks ago and now i run 5.24 my heigh is 5'6 and my weigh is actually 120 lbs

[@shmoneyseth]

I'm in preschool, 9'0, and ran a 0.007

[@thomaspoodlehat3868]

Bruh I'm still a fetus weigh 350lbs and run it in 0.000009

[@AuthenticFlows101]

I'm 6'2 215 and ran a 4.75, watched this and this last weekend got clocked at a 4.60 thanks!

[@sherouse09]

Thanks, helped a lot. Im a freshman and with a 4.82 and I weigh 150.

[@WhosTrickyz]

Going fast is overrated. I run a 40 in 9.59

[@hatemsadek]

This was a great video, it was simple, smart and helpful

[@trainingwitheps]

@TheMadBlackGamer Yes, its called the balsamic breathing technique according to Joe Defranco. Get a big breath before you start, hold breath for first 10 yards, then release at 10 yards and get another breath at 20 yards and hold till finish. If you can't do the second part which requires practice, at least hold your breath for the first 10 yards.

[@lukefiadino4058]

im gonna need this for football camp on monday thank you

[@trainingwitheps]

@TheMadBlackGamer Hold 10 yards, release and get another breath at 20 yards and hold to finish...This is the balsamic breathing technique. It is used because of the same reasons people hold their breath when they are trying to get another rep on bench press. If you can't do the whole technique, at least hold for the first 10 yards, but if you practice, you can do it!

[@emailjosh87]

back in high school i could run a 4.4 in the 40. I weighed like 175-180 and was 6'4". now i'm 6'6" and 195 and it's been since 2006 that i was in h.s. and haven't tried the 40 until recently. the other day i tried it and got a 4.9. I'll try this vids technique and see what i can do. :)

[@Gunner1113]

@flyaires28 I have the same problem, but I'm finding that keeping my lower body strength in proportion with upper body is keeping me as fast, while allowing plyometrics, and speed drills, etc to get me quicker. Don't just work upper. Keep up lower body with squats, lunges, deadlifts, etc. Plus flexibility is key!

[@wreb85]

this is a really good explanation.

[@awesomelatino1]

thx if been working on my forty going to start football in my 8th grade year i have lot of work to do but im glad i have little over a year to train

[@trainingwitheps]

@Kryptsanies If you put you hand up and swing it downward when you start you can generate more momentum forward (I would do it in a race). But conceal it in timed event.

[@Smitherines161]

i went from an average of around 5.9 to an average 5.1-5.2 thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raidersfan7788]

good video running my 40 tomorrow im playin fullback and in the spring i ran a 5.1 lets see if training and this video works

[@averyworon8439]

Hey I'm some random kid that's young and i'm in 8th grade or something and I run a .97 second 10000000000 yard dash and I bench 3475869 lbs and squat 9000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 lbs. No lie

[@SuperSounda]

+Avery Woron im in 8th grade and i run a 8.05 150m and run a 3.55 40m and bench press 3900lbs and squat 4000lbs

[@SuperSounda]

+Kamuena Mbuyamba jk but my 40 is 4.92 and can bench up to 140lbs

[@averyworon8439]

Kamuena Mbuyamba that's around my time realistically. I run a 5.12 40 and I bench 140 and squat 240 in 9th.

[@SuperSounda]

that was 7th now i run a 4.6 now that im in 8th grade i bench 135 and squat 188

[@BootyWarrior945]

took .5 off mine! thanks so much man!

[@art88]

well said , thanks for posting

[@livethumos]

I feel your pain. My fastest 40 on hand timing was a 4.54, but when I did it on the lazer i got a 4.48.

[@Outlawzand1]

Great video mate.

[@ToddLynch1221]

I'm 6'4 300 pounds and will be a freshman College tackle this upcoming season and I run a 5.33

[@blakerashad3727]

I'm 14 and Run a 4.74. I really hope to get it down to 4.6 by season time.

[@xJVILLE95x]

thanks man, helped alot!

[@furryfox445]

Trying to impress my coach first day of practice. Thanks for the video, I hope your right.

[@stingray970]

Continued... If you've never played sports and aren't radically tall, it sounds like you're probably obese. It's a scary term, but don't let it discourage you. Quite a few kids on my team went into football obese. They still did well, even though they had a few difficulties out of the gate. If you are obese, it's important to stay committed to the sport. Don't quit. It'll be hell at the beginning, but you should adjust swiftly.

[@MrShay61]

I'm 13 & I run a 4.5 .. Hoping by next year at high school I'll be running a good 4.4

[@Dbrown2844]

yes running a 12.04 as a 13 year old is great, last year i was 13 and i ran a 11.9

[@MattGreen570]

it's absolutely insane how TENTHS OF A SECOND make such a huge difference in dash times.

[@abn012345]

this video is great! it decreased my 40 time by .4 seconds!

[@droman2050]

great video bro really bro thanks alot

[@d4v1d7230]

bro, your going at the speed of light right now

[@AWS137]

3.8s? You must be a record holder! Please call up Guinness.

[@4xjoelthomas]

thx mannn im a junior in high school runnin a 4.43 next year its gonna be a 4.2

[@vydraf]

Can you tell me what drills are good to increase acceleration? I tried things like combination of sprinting and jogging and i don`t see a significant change in my times. Any source of information would be appreciated :)

[@lorenzoadams315]

This got me running a 4.5 and a 4.6 in my high school

[@victordeprez]

5: 06 ahhahaha " shoot, like a airplane, ... we don't wanna rise up" hahaha so airplane don't get of the ground hé? nicely done

[@brunoforestieri8197]

9th grade,5'10,200LBS,run a 4.8,bench 250,squat,320

[@TCMRauly]

I run a 5.40. 12 Years old, 5'10" 110 lbs

[@trainingwitheps]

@Foothilldan1 Thanks we will release some new videos this summer and possibly come out with a speed training manual and/or an all inclusive combine secrets DVD

[@SuperTheMANz]

thiss is waaaaaay better than howcast and videojug

[@X_Rider4Life]

This summer i went to a speed and strength camp for 2 months what i noticed is that i really didnt get faster in sprinting but im alot faster getting off the ball

[@bishopdc100]

An eigth grader at my football combine ran a 4.3 no joke!

[@profighter121]

Hahhha awesome bro! Love the tips ! I'm at a 4.48

[@Kryptsanies]

What if you are not running in a combine is it better to have the arm swinging than to put it on your hip?

[@ajzajz123456]

You breath through mouth so you constant air flow and improves how long you can hold your maximum speed. My dads a track star.

[@zyzor]

I don't know if this is going to help me or not I have recently decided to walk on my university's football team after talking to a player on the team he said I would make the scout team as is, but its too late for this season I am going to talk to the coaches in the spring before school ends and I need to improve my 40 and get in best shape possible before hand.

[@Kryptsanies]

@trainingwitheps If I'm racing in a 40 should I even go down into this stance in the first place or is that part efficient no matter if it is a timed event or a race?

[@NFL1623]

@bruceliem You run at NFL record setting speed? For some reason I kinda doubt that.

[@blandrubies]

There's still snow on the ground where I live so we had to test on a basketball court. I ran a 20 in 1.9 (the fastest on my team) is this good for a Canadian freshman high schooler?

[@Calibassfishing99]

No

[@AnGeLBeBallin]

This got me a 4.36 at Bowling Green :)

[@EaglesFTW1]

hi man, i'm 15, and i run a 4.9, you should do some kind of sport that needs a lot of running,

[@Denanian]

would these techniques work well for coming out of the blocks for a 100m race in Track & Field ?

[@jimbeen1771]

@Smitherines161 think of it this way. 4.9 x 2 = 9.8 4.9 / 2 = 2.45. 9.8 + 2.45 = 12.25. you had that pace 100 for 40 meters. that sucks

[@TheGentleWizard]

is the holding breath for the first 10 yards actually proven? i was told to breathe out hard the first 10 yards, would be nice to know.

[@boobiez88]

Today i ran a 12.8 100yd dash. Thats pretty good for me. I run miles tho.. Ya know like a 4:40 mile..

[@anotherlevelremoved]

I'm a Sophomore, 5'9, 160, I'm a long distance runner/sprinter. pretty built. I run a 4.5, 40. what exercises can I do to get faster?

[@YouDumbTurtle]

97 years old. 40 yd time 4.23.

[@yatisego9957]

I'm 6'3, 286 pounds ran a 4.7 40 and can bench 225 42 times.

[@dd24911]

Lol are you some NFL athlete

[@taylordddduppp]

yo this works my forty went from a 5.12 to a 4.93

[@hhughes7819]

my gramma just dropped a 4.4 shes makin a career switch from teacher to nfl running back

[@shko-mi]

Is cca. 4.8 a good 40yards dash time for 16-17yo running back? Btw. I'm from Europe and football is on much lower lever here!

[@Kryptsanies]

@ROB6ZOMBIE666 I mean as in if its a 40 yard race and not a combine where you are timed off the arm swing

[@popcornplaya48]

I heard a rumor that they don't start timeing the 40 until your hand moves from the start position. do you know how accurate that is, I heard that in DeStorms video on "how to sprint pt 1, check it

[@ChuckNorris-fl4rb]

it depends is the slong circumcised?

[@jacobmccarter822]

yeah im a 6.1/2 285 pnd lineman and i run 5.6

[@ExtremelyAverageJoe]

I get a 4.9 without practice. Im looking to get it down to 4.6 by next season. Is that realistic at all?

[@frank2raw1]

I do too.

[@flyaires28]

I run a 4.79 but its been on and off I've been lifting a lot lately and not sure if I keep building upper body if it will take of alittle

[@stingray970]

Age is not at all (sports wise) pertinent to how much you should weigh. What we need to know is your height. Even then, it's hard to be sure unless we see you in person and know what you can do. BMI sometimes overestimates the amount of fat in a person if they have a particularly muscular build. Muscle is more dense than fat is, so the numbers have a lesser meaning. If you lose fat but gain muscle, it's entirely possible for you to gain weight while becoming thinner.

[@TGI42813]

Our 3A conference record was 4.33. It was broken last year by the same Junior who got it. :|

[@SaezEd31]

when you breathe... do you do it with nose or with the mouth??

[@BuRgAToWn123]

hey im 17 y/o, 6 ft 7 in tall, and 95 lbs and my 40 yard dash is a 6.4. i also play year round tennis and golf. so i was wondering if this is fast or slow just curious...

[@ryanreel4312]

I got the digital dash

[@josabadmunoz]

Edgar Hays Future

[@Froggy1000]

Lol I'm going to do freshman football. Iv'e played for 4 years 2 years on 1st string and run a 4.9. I need improvement!

[@479cdrp479]

@trainingwitheps i run a 4.9.........i want to run a 4.6. how long will this take, and is it possible?

[@TheBoobmonsta]

I'm 16, 5'10 and 227 LBS and run a 4.6

[@TGI42813]

Yes but how much do you weigh? I have to get my momentum going before I'm full speed.

[@footballstr1994]

can you use a track stance when running the 40?

[@wintheday2010]

thanks alot i shaved 0.4 seconds off my forty time thanks

[@Nick08352]

what´s a good 10 Yard Split?

[@ThtKidSeyvon]

Freshman I run a 4.6 and I'm 5 foot 5 inches and I play corner and when I ran my 40 my coach said when I'm a senior I'll be running a 4.3 is this possible

[@Calibassfishing99]

No

[@sophiedixon1243]

When I was in 5th grade I ran a 75 yd dash and I was 5, 6 :P

[@gawdeyez]

15. 183 lbs. running back. 4.6 flat. Freshmen. 315 benching.

[@WHITEDJHYPE]

how did you get so fast what do you do. im playing sophmore next year and trying to go for RB

[@TheBobbyGuerrero]

WHITEDJHYPE sprint everyday. practice sprinting down a big field and repeat it. You don't have to be a fast running back; good vision and being able to break tackles makes all the difference. (DL/LINEBACKER)

[@jproebuck31]

I believe everything but your bench, it's bullshit

[@SuperSounda]

+WHITEDJHYPE do cleans squats and work on sprint technique and run on your tip toes also workout ur legs and sprint everyday on the track

[@ProfessorQuandaleDingle]

HanchoTheGreat lol no you little fuck

[@Labetolol45]

What is a 7.93 mile? I may be ignorant but I thougt there are only 60 seconds in a minute. How did you get 93 seconds?

[@ericesqueda7369]

5th grader, 262 pounds bench 865 40 times was 3.1

[@keithgreen7772]

fast boy in 40 yard dash

[@bardsley98]

I am 13 5 foot 7 and weigh 130. I run an 11.9 100 yard dash and a 5 flat 40. Is that good?